If the delivery information on the product page for the all-new Kindle Paperwhite is any indication, sales for this popular ereader appear to be strong. Rather than more typical overnight shipping of any Kindle product, this one currently says that it is expected to ship in 4 to 7 days. Our advice: if you're considering a Paperwhite as a gift for the holidays — or maybe one for yourself! — lock in that purchase soon.
New features include higher contrast and better reflectivity; 25% faster processor; next generation built-in light; and a tighter touch grid that makes it more responsive to the smallest touches.
Two variants are available (all information current as of the date and time of this post, Saturday October 19th, 2013 at 10:30 AM): with special offers for $119 and without special offers for $139.
Currently, over 80% of the reviews of the product are 4- or 5-stars.
Use this link for more information and to get all the specifications of the Kindle Paperwhite.
And remember, with Amazon Prime, Kindle owners can choose from hundreds of thousands of books to borrow for free from the Kindle Owner's Lending Library.
Saturday, October 19, 2013
The Kindle Paperwhite and Amazon Prime: A Winning Combination for the Holidays!
Stone Cold by Jenny Hilborne is Today's Fourth Featured Free MystereBook
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Stone Cold by Jenny Hilborne as today's fourth free mystery ebook (A Suspense Thriller; Kindle format only).
This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, October 19, 2013 at 7:40 AM ET. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.
For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.
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Stone Cold
Jenny Hilborne
A Suspense Thriller
Publisher: Severn Press
In the competitive world of advertising, Charles Dean is a ruthless boss driven by results. When a scandal threatens to ruin his company, he is determined to identify the culprit and handle it his way. Mara Mann has other ideas, and her own reasons for bringing him down. Then the murders of two senior corporate executives stun the Oxfordshire community.
Mara's hatred for Dean leads her into the dangerous and twisted world of Vice President, Reid Dalton, and to the discovery of a forgotten grave. As she uncovers more truths about her boss, and learns the secret he has kept hidden, she is drawn deeper into the mind of a killer and puts her own life at risk.
Important Note: This book was listed for free on the date and time of this post. Prices can and do change without prior notice. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your purchase.
For more free mystery ebooks, visit our Free MystereBooks page.
Barely Breathing by Michael J. Kolinski is Today's Third Featured Free MystereBook
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Barely Breathing by Michael J. Kolinski as today's third free mystery ebook (A Mystery Novel; Kindle format only).
This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, October 19, 2013 at 7:30 AM ET. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.
For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.
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Barely Breathing
Michael J. Kolinski
A Mystery Novel
Publisher: Michael J. Kolinski
Jake Wood receives an e-mail message from his cousin Jana whom he hasn't seen in over a decade. Jana has learned of Jake's tragedy: The seven people dead and the downward spiral of depression and survivor's guilt his life has become. She invites him to leave a bitter cold Iowa winter to visit her in sunny Los Angeles.
Jake accepts Jana's invitation but when he arrives, she is nowhere to be found. All Jake knows for certain is that Jana was working for renowned primatologist Dr. Gregory Mirek, a scientist with a towering reputation and a wide circle of wealthy and influential friends.
With the assistance of Jana's best friend Laurie Summers, Jake travels across California and into Las Vegas in search of Jana. It's a path that leads to a desperate real estate developer, a seedy casino owner, and the discovery that Dr. Mirek has secrets that he will do anything to protect.
Important Note: This book was listed for free on the date and time of this post. Prices can and do change without prior notice. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your purchase.
For more free mystery ebooks, visit our Free MystereBooks page.
Fairhope by Susan Lorelle Marinello is Today's Second Featured Free MystereBook
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Fairhope by Susan Lorelle Marinello as today's second free mystery ebook (A Novel of Romantic Suspense; Kindle format only).
This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, October 19, 2013 at 7:20 AM ET. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.
For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.
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Fairhope
Susan Lorelle Marinello
A Novel of Romantic Suspense
Publisher:
Dael Whitney jumps at the chance to reconnect with her family roots when she receives a mysterious box containing mementos from her great grandparents' abandoned house in Fairhope, Texas. What she finds instead is a dark history of murder and deception.
With the help of a cocky farm boy, Farrell Sloane, Dael sets out to discover the truth behind her great grandfather's seventy-year-old murder conviction. When their investigation sets off a new series of murders, Dael finds herself caught in two races — one for her life and one for her heart.
Important Note: This book was listed for free on the date and time of this post. Prices can and do change without prior notice. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your purchase.
For more free mystery ebooks, visit our Free MystereBooks page.
The Shattered Alliance by Sydney Katt is Today's Featured Free MystereBook
MystereBooks is pleased to feature The Shattered Alliance by Sydney Katt as today's free mystery ebook (The Undercover Series; Kindle format only).
This title was listed for free as of the date and time of this post, October 19, 2013 at 7:10 AM ET. Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.
For a summary of all of today's featured titles, plus any that may have appeared before and are repeat freebies, visit our Free MystereBooks page. This page is updated daily, typically by 8 AM ET.
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The Shattered Alliance
Sydney Katt
The Undercover Series
Publisher: Random Distraction
Two years ago, infamous bank robber Raptor turned Skylar Montgomery's life upside-down with the startling murder of her father in a heist gone wrong. Sick of waiting on the FBI, she allies herself with con man Parker Ramsey, the one person in Raptor's crew who got away with his life. As he draws her further into his web of seduction and cryptic half-truths, she can't be certain of anything. Is he trying to help her or is he setting her up?
Freshly transferred to the Dallas office, FBI Special Agent Jackson Caldwell longs for a juicy case that will help distract him from his touch and go relationship with the woman he loves, but a bank robbery case with no leads threatens his plans. Between socialites, indecisive women and a partner with more secrets than the perp, he has his work cut out for him.
As they get closer to unraveling Raptor's identity, it's anyone's guess whether Skylar or the FBI will get to him first … or if they'll live to tell.
WARNING: This book ends in a cliffhanger that is resolved in Foresight is Flawless.
Important Note: This book was listed for free on the date and time of this post. Prices can and do change without prior notice. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your purchase.
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In the Shadow of Greed by Nancy C. Weeks is Today's Kindle Romantic Suspense Daily Deal
MystereBooks is pleased to feature In the Shadow of Greed by Nancy C. Weeks as today's Amazon Kindle Romantic Suspense Daily Deal.
The deal price of $0.99 is valid only for today, Saturday, October 19, 2013.
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In the Shadow of Greed
Nancy C. Weeks
A Novel of Romantic Suspense
Crimson Romance
Brilliant cryptologist Dr. Sarah Tu races against time to block the most dangerous Internet malware ever created, a botnet called QUALNTO. While Sarah is closed off in her computer lab, her sister, Hanna, is brutally attacked and left in a coma. As Sarah reels with guilt over not being there for her sister, a web of deception closes in, threatening her and everyone she loves.
Hanna's condition is misleading. In her coma state, she is able to build a psychic bridge with FBI Special Agent Jason McNeil. Her cryptic messages plague Jason to keep Sarah safe.
Tough and street-smart Jason McNeil doesn't believe in visions or telepathic messages, and he fights the voice inside his head. His first impression of Dr. Sarah Tu is another stiletto wearing ice-dragon on the war path — until he witnesses her façade crumble after seeing her sister's bloody, tortured body. Jason's protective instinct kicks in. He falls for Sarah — hard.
When an extremely dangerous arms dealer and cybercriminal discovers that Sarah blocked his botnet, he kidnaps Sarah. Placed in an impossible position, will she destroy the botnet to protect national security or release it to save the man she loves?
Important Note: This book was listed at the price mentioned above on the date and time of this post. Prices can and do change without prior notice. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your purchase.
Love the Movie? Get the Book! is Today's Kindle Daily Deal
MystereBooks is pleased to feature "Love the Movie? Get the Book!" as today's Amazon Kindle Daily Deal. We're highlighting just one of the available titles, Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton, below.
The deal price of $1.99 each is valid only for today, Saturday, October 19, 2013.
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Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton
A Suspense Thriller
Ballantine Books
A shroud of secrecy covers a privately-owned island off the coast of the Dominican Republic where an American bioengineering firm is quietly building a resort theme park. Even the expert consultants on the project don't know exactly what it is. And local doctors are mystified when an injured park worker arrives at the hospital with gashes on his body as if an animal of monstrous proportions has mauled him.
A year later, when the first invited guests to "Jurassic Park" attend a 4-day preview, the amazement, the shock and, finally, the terror they experience there offer a horrifying solution to this disturbing puzzle.
Important Note: This book was listed at the price mentioned above on the date and time of this post. Prices can and do change without prior notice. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your purchase.
Today's Mystery and Suspense Update from Big Fish Games (131019)
Here is today's mystery and suspense update from Big Fish Games …
• The New Release is Surface: The Pantheon.
• The Daily Deal is Haunted Halls: Revenge of Doctor Blackmore, just $2.99 today only!
• Today's Special Deal — This weekend only: All Standard and Collector's Edition Games are Half-Off! Use coupon code HALFOFF to get any Collector's Edition game for just $9.99; use coupon code WEEKEND to get any Standard game for just $4.99. Offer valid through October 20th, 2013 only until 11:59 PM PT.
Visit the Omnimystery Entertainment Network for more games of mystery and suspense!
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Today's New Release is Surface: The Pantheon
It should have been a tremendous achievement, but the tunnel through the Ridge of Leviathan became the site of a great disaster. What really happened that day? You were supposed to have been on the train with your husband and daughter, but you missed it. And then they disappeared from your life forever. It's one year later, and a strange man — a scientist who thinks this is just like the Bermuda Triangle and other such vanishings — invites you to take part in his greatest experiment: To recreate the conditions of that fateful day.
A sample version is available to download and play for free for one hour.
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Today's Daily Deal is Haunted Halls: Revenge of Doctor Blackmore
Prepare for a mind-bending journey into the realm of the weird! When you wake up in the lair of the notorious Dr. Blackmore, you know it's going to be a bad day. But to make matters worse, he's also holding your fiancé and a handful of other people hostage in various locations throughout the building. To save them all, you'll have to use your wits and your will to survive a series of nightmarish experiments Blackmore has concocted especially for you. Brace yourself for the unexpected in this exciting Hidden Object adventure!
A sample version is available to download and play for free for one hour. You can purchase this game today only — Saturday, October 19, 2013 — for $2.99.
Friday, October 18, 2013
Telemystery: NBC Cancels Ironside
The episode scheduled for next Wednesday will air, after which the series will be pulled.
Keep up to date on the status of your favorite mystery and suspense television with our Telemystery Scoresheet. We've updated it with today's news.
Review: Runaway Man by David Handler
A Mysterious Review of Runaway Man by David Handler. A Benji Golden Mystery.
Review summary: The murder mystery plot of this first in series is a fairly standard one, and it doesn't one long to figure out the whydunit despite numerous red herrings dropped along the way. It's the whodunit that is the intriguing element here. All in all, a solid start to this series, one that has a strong cast of characters in a middling murder mystery plot. (Click here for text of full review.)
Our rating:
Runaway Man
David Handler
A Benji Golden Mystery
Minotaur Books (August 2013)
Publisher synopsis: Benji Golden works in his family's struggling mom-and-pop business above a twenty-four-hour diner on Broadway and West 103rd Street. Golden Legal Services, a private detective agency, was started by Benji's hero-cop father. The business is now run by Benji's mother, who used to be the only Jewish pole dancer in New York City, and is staffed by Lovely Rita, an eye-popping computer wizard and a former lap dancer.
Baby-faced Benji — who is exactly one-quarter inch shy of five-foot-six, weighs a buck thirty-seven, and answers to the nickname "Bunny" — specializes in tracking down teen runaways. One day, when a lawyer in fancy shoes arrives from Park Avenue's classiest law firm offering a job and lots of money, Benji and his mother can't say no.
Bruce Weiner is a senior at prestigious Canterbury College. A client of the firm has bestowed a considerable inheritance on Bruce, but Bruce has gone missing, and it's up to Benji to find him. One murder later, Benji finds himself on a dangerous investigation that will take him to the highly secretive core of the most powerful city on earth.
A New MystereBook: Wanted by Nick Stephenson
Here is a mystery, suspense, or thriller ebook that we recently found by sleuthing (as it were) through new or recently reissued titles from independent publishers during October 2013 priced $3.99 or less …
Wanted by Nick Stephenson is the third novel in the Leopold Blake series of thrillers, which can be read and enjoyed in any order.
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Wanted by Nick Stephenson
A Leopold Blake Mystery Thriller
Publisher: WJ Books Ltd.
Publication Date: October 16, 2013
Nowhere to hide …
What should have been a relaxing vacation in Paris turns into another unwinnable situation for expert criminology consultant Leopold Blake. Caught in the cross hairs of a ruthless assassin and on the run from the police for a murder he didn't commit, Blake and his team must fight to clear his name before it's too late.
As enemies close in from all sides, Blake is about to learn who he can trust — and who is determined to destroy him — as The City of Light becomes a new hunting ground.
No Way Out, A Karen Vail Mystery by Alan Jacobson, Now at a Special Price
MystereBooks is pleased to feature No Way Out by Alan Jacobson, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Premier Digital.
The ebook format of this title was priced at $2.99 from the listed vendors (below) as of the date and time of this post (10/18/2013 at 4:00 PM ET). Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.
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No Way Out by Alan Jacobson
A Karen Vail Mystery (5th in series)
Publisher: Premier Digital
When a potent firebomb destroys part of an art gallery in an exclusive London district, FBI Profiler Karen Vail is dispatched to England to work with Scotland Yard on drafting a threat assessment to head off future attacks. But Vail soon discovers that at the heart of the bombing lies a 440-year-old manuscript that holds clues to England's past — with dramatic political and social implications. The manuscript’s content is so explosive that a group of political radicals is bent on destroying it at all costs.
Or is it the work of someone else? The trail leads Vail to a notorious fugitive who has escaped law enforcement for decades, and who appears to be planning a major attack on London and the United States. When Hector DeSantos, banished from the US Department of Defense and now a rogue covert operative, turns up in England and takes actions that threaten Vail’s life, she finds herself on the run from the British security service, Scotland Yard, and a group of internationally-trained assassins — all determined to silence her … all tightening the net to ensure that she’s got no way out.
Important Note: This book was listed at the above mentioned price on the date and time of this post. Prices can and do change without prior notice. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your purchase.
Wreckers' Key, A Seychelle Sullivan Mystery by Christine Kling, Now at a Special Price
MystereBooks is pleased to feature Wreckers' Key by Christine Kling, now available at a special price, courtesy of the publisher, Tell-Tale Press.
The ebook format of this title was priced at $0.99 from the listed vendors (below) as of the date and time of this post (10/18/2013 at 3:00 PM ET). Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.
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Wreckers' Key by Christine Kling
A Seychelle Sullivan Mystery (4th in series)
Publisher: Tell-Tale Press
Before Key West was the party capital of the Florida Keys, it was built by wrecking skippers who in feats of derring-do raced to shipping disasters to save valuable cargos from the ocean depths. But when a friend is killed, Seychelle begins to suspect a chilling scenario: that modern-day wreckers are causing yachts to crash onto the reefs — and killing off whoever gets in the way.
Seychelle's dear friend Nestor Frias was piloting a billionaire's luxury power yacht on its maiden voyage when it ran up on a reef. A few days later, Frias was dead. His eight-months-pregnant widow Catalina is distraught, and a host of questions surround both Frias's death and the ship's accident. When Cat turns to Seychelle for help in proving Nestor was murdered, Seychelle embarks on a dangerous course through the shoals and channels of the case and her life, unaware that a greater danger is looming: a murderous human storm designed perfectly for her.
Important Note: This book was listed at the above mentioned price on the date and time of this post. Prices can and do change without prior notice. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your purchase.
Identical by Scott Turow, New in Bookstores This Week
Today's new hardcover mystery title, scheduled to be published this week by Grand Central, is Identical by Scott Turow.
For a list of more new hardcover mysteries published this month, visit our New Mysteries page for October 2013. For new paperback mysteries, visit The Mystery Bookshelf where a selection of October 2013 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers are shelved.
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Identical
Scott Turow
State Senator Paul Giannis is a candidate for Mayor of Kindle County. His identical twin brother Cass is newly released from prison, 25 years after pleading guilty to the murder of his girlfriend, Dita Kronon.
When Evon Miller, an ex-FBI agent who is the head of security for the Kronon family business, and private investigator Tim Brodie begin a re-investigation of Dita's death, a complex web of murder, sex, and betrayal dramatically unfolds …
MystereBooks: Targets of Revenge by Jeffrey S. Stephens, Available this Month at a Special Price
Every month Amazon releases a new selection of Kindle books priced $3.99 or less.
Today's featured title from the Mystery & Thrillers category is Targets of Revenge by Jeffrey S. Stephens. This Kindle book was listed at $2.99 as of the date and time of this post, Friday, October 18, 2013 at 1:30 PM ET, and should be available at this price through the end of the month.
More information about the book is below; if other vendors have priced-matched this title, links to their sites are also shown.
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Targets of Revenge by Jeffrey S. Stephens
A Jordan Sandor Thriller
Publisher: Gallery Books
All the bureaucratic scolding in Washington cannot stop resourceful CIA Agent Jordan Sandor when he's hungry for revenge. This time he's on the hunt for the cold-blooded sociopath known as Adina, whose indiscriminate slaughter of innocent people, including Sandor's close friend, represents man at his worst.
Mobilizing a team of skilled and dedicated agents to carry out his secret operation, Sandor flies in the face of his superiors' stern warnings — ultimately crash-landing in the heart of the Venezuelan jungle. Armed with little more than a combat knife and a deadly automatic weapon, he infiltrates Adina's camp and discovers that the ruthless terrorist is smuggling not only cocaine into the United States, but also a deadly substance that could cost tens of thousands of lives.
Sandor develops intel that leads him to Egypt and then Moscow as he fights to prevent this disaster, but after he lands on Interpol's list of international fugitives, the truth becomes clear: Adina's evil web extends to the far corners of the globe. Meanwhile, someone Sandor trusts could very well be feeding the agent dangerous lies as he struggles to stay on Adina's trail.
More focused than ever, Sandor refuses to end his perilous mission, even after he has been taken captive. In the end, when he uncovers the realities of Adina's deranged plan for a catastrophic assault on New York City, Sandor has no choice but to risk his life to protect his country's safety and freedom.
Important Note: Prices are subject to change without notice. The price displayed on the vendor website at the time of purchase will be the price paid for the book. Please confirm the price of the book before completing your transaction.
